Lee Miller
1907–1977 American photographer and photojournalist
Ed Wood
1924–1978 American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and film editor
Tom Holland
born 1943 American scriptwriter and director
Bill Duke
born 1943 American actor and director
Charlie Plummer
born 1999 American actor
Elisa Donovan
born 1971 American actress
Debi Thomas
born 1967 American figure skater and orthopedic surgeon
Richard Denning
1914–1998 American actor
Alfred Mosher Butts
1899–1993 American designer and architect; creator of Scrabble
Patrick Manning
born 1967 American rower
Paul K. Benedict
1912–1997 American anthropologist, mental health professional, and linguist
Michael Manasseri
born 1974 American actor
Elijah Hughes
born 1998 American basketball player
Ryan Halligan
1989–2003 American student who killed himself
Barbara Rhoades
born 1946 American actress
Carolyn Garcia
born 1946 Merry Prankster
Emmet Lavery
1902–1986 American writer
Gerardo Colacicco
born 1955 Roman Catholic clergyman
Jessica O. Matthews
born 2000 Inventor and entrepreneur
Wes Bialosuknia
1945–2013 American basketball player
Abraham Rattner
1893–1978 American artist
Amy Cutler
born 1974 American artist
Homer Augustus Nelson
1829–1891 Union United States Army officer
Marvin Vincent
1834–1922 American biblical scholar
Mela Hudson
1987–2018 American actress
Richard Rinaldi
born 1949 Basketball player
Charles Bodle
1787–1835 American politician
Edward Augustus Conger
1882–1963 American judge
Keith W. Olson
1931–2024 American historian and author
Kevin Makely
born 1973 American actor and producer
Marc Flur
born 1962 Tennis player
Tavis Bailey
born 1992 American male discus thrower
Zuri Lawrence
born 1970 American boxer
Alan Fried
born 1971 American sport wrestler
Arnold Zimmerman
1954–2021 American ceramicist
Blair Effron
born 1962 American businessman
Charles Spencer
born 1982 American football player
Chris Bell
born 1972 American director, producer and writer
Chris Szanto
born 1967 American soccer player
Elmer Steele
1886–1966 American baseball player
Frank Bahret
1858–1888 American MLB outfielder
Frank Beck
1860–1941 American baseball player
James Emott
1771–1850 American politician
Jeff Pierce
born 1969 American baseball player
Stewart Baker
1947–2026 American lawyer
William Jordy
1917–1997 American architectural historian
Also called Poughkeepsie home
David Strathairn
born 1949 American actor
Adam Schlesinger
1967–2020 American musician
Werner Buchholz
1922–2019 American computer scientist
Ann Hardy
1933–2023 American computer programmer, pioneer of computer time-sharing systems
Fanny R. M. Hitchcock
1851–1936 American chemist, vertebrate palaeontologist, biologist and philanthropist
Richard Edward Wilson
born 1941 American composer
Andrew Billings
1743–1808 American silversmith
Alexi Katsetos
College soccer player (2004–2004), Syracuse
Erin McLaughlin
American rower, Syracuse
Jawad Nesheiwat
American football tight end, Syracuse
Johanna Kraft
American rower, Syracuse
Lisa Breskin Rudikoff
Adjunct faculty at Dutchess Community College
M. A. Claus
1882–1976 American painter, illustrator, and photographer
Sheena McMahon
American runner
Şükran Aziz
born 1961 Turkish visual artist